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In need of a summertime project: Hooked on Hexagons

Last Friday was our official last day of school. (Thankfully not quite as eventful as last year.) Which means increased flexibility to our schedules (nice) and increased chaos (scary) trying to keep track of everyone around here. I am still trying to decide how I feel about the whole thing. I think some summer laziness is a rite-of-passage for kids, but I’m also a little worried about my kids getting addicted to eating popsicles while watching Phineas and Ferb. We’ll see how this goes!

While there is much to love about summer: good food, warm nights, flip-flops (no socks!), sprinklers, decent tomatos, etc., I know that it will also mean less time hanging out with my sewing machine. And that’s okay. But I decided I need a good hand-work project to take with me to swimming lessons, the park, or on vacation.

Love your hexs. I started in February and have about 25 double flowers joined together and about 10 waiting to be joined. I LOVE IT. There is something soooo therapeutic about hand stitching hexagons.<br /><br />Did you know you can order your papers at paperpieces.com in bulk? If you are planning on making something really big – what are your plans?<br /><br />Leila

I made the mistake years ago to start a grandmother&#39;s flower garden quilt but I didn&#39;t know that quilt fabric existed so I used the cheapo JoAnne&#39;s stuff! Now I&#39;m in the pickle of deciding whether or not to keep working on it, or scrap it for a new, better quality version<br /><br />I love your fabric choices.

Have fun! I am almost convinced! What are your plans for them? I always love summer road trips because I can use the time to bind quilts, but binding a quilt poolside doesn&#39;t really work. This would…

I buy all my hexagons from paper pieces too. <br />http://www.paperpieces.com/contents/en-us/d16.html<br /><br />With those, I cut out the whole basting step. I just fold the material around the hexagon and &#39;tack&#39; it down on the back without ever going through to the front. <br />Big Time Saver. <br />They are sooo fun!

Fantastic start! I think my favourite is the sock monkey hexagon. Sock monkeys! *dies of the cute*<br /><br />Are you doing a truly scrappy version, with no repeats? I don&#39;t have enough fabric lying around to accomplish such a feat, so I have several repeats in my stash. I&#39;ve been sewing hexagons for about a month now, and am up to about 200. No idea how many I&#39;ll need to make

My very first quilt was a GFG. I agree, those hexies are very fun to make. I love your color choices.<br />I saw an English paper pieces project the other day on a blog, and ordered some papers. Can&#39;t believe I&#39;m signing up to do another one. I think I&#39;m in trouble too!

LOVE it. It was so fun to see how FAST you were putting them together too. I can&#39;t wait to see how it turns out. So I need help! I finished my first quilt, well the top of it. Now what? I don&#39;t want to hand quit it because it&#39;s queen sized. Where do you do your quilting?

I had never heard of a hexagon quilt until your blog the other day. I started this afternoon! I have so many scrap leftovers I never could just get rid of, and now I&#39;m glad I didn&#39;t! I enjoy your blog!

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